are they gonners? PICS! HELP Please

[andrewsmart]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9677594#post9677594 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by avatar71
hyposalinity gets my vote 100%.

The affected fish that made the transfer are looking perfect now. Cloudy eyes are crystal clear, fins are standing tall, scales are clear of ALL blemishes and the tangs red streaks are gone!

4 more weeks and I'll put them back in the reef!

remember to bring the salinity back up slowly and keep them in q/t for a few weeks to make sure ich is all gone.

 

[acidlittle]

so i'm gonna start this hypo stuff, so you start the tank out at normal salinity, then how slowly do you drop it down? like how little a day should it drop? and again how quickly do we we raise it up?

thanks

 

[TerryB]

You can drop the salinity quickly with most fish. Raise it slowly, a couple of points a day when you are done. Use an accurate refractometer and check the pH daily. I hope you have a cycled Qtank.

Terry B

 

[acidlittle]

I don't but I can use some tank water to keep it going and some sponges tha I can use, how do you keep the PH stable in a BB tank?

 

[avatar71]

what i did was set up the tank (not cycled) and I hung buckets of fresh water above and dripped it in with some airline. Over the course of a few hours, 3 gal would be dripped in at a time.

Now I am fighting the ammonia with many little h2o changes. Hopefully I can keep up.

I did loose some fish but I don't know if it was from the disease, stress or ammonia.

As of today, 10 days later, the survivors look strong.

 

[TerryB]

Ammonia kills efficiently, that is why I suggest keeping a cycled Qtank at all times.

Terry B

 

[andrewsmart]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9690450#post9690450 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TerryB
Ammonia kills efficiently, that is why I suggest keeping a cycled Qtank at all times.

Terry B

the minimal cost of keeping a q/t tank running once you have one makes it a must.

think mine costs about 25c a day to run less when i am not lighting it.

 

[acidlittle]

So I had an idea, could I start up a 55 gal, with say 35 gal of my tanks existing water, then everyday add like 2 gals of fresh RODI water to slowly bring the salinity down? If so that sounds like my best bet. and what is more effective for bad cases of ich, copper or hyposalinity?

 

[andrewsmart]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9692163#post9692163 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by acidlittle
So I had an idea, could I start up a 55 gal, with say 35 gal of my tanks existing water, then everyday add like 2 gals of fresh RODI water to slowly bring the salinity down? If so that sounds like my best bet. and what is more effective for bad cases of ich, copper or hyposalinity?

you want to get the salinity down to 14ppt in 2 3 days so you will need to add more water than that but the idea is ok.

you will still need to change some water out or it will not go low enough.

do you have a good calibrated refractometer.

use hypo both are effective but copper is a poison and reduces the fish's immune system.

just be sure to check the ph daily i lost a fish by not doing that a year or so back.

 

[acidlittle]

ok so start with like 20 gals and then add like 5-10 a day?
That might work a little bit more right?

 

[andrewsmart]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9692833#post9692833 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by acidlittle
ok so start with like 20 gals and then add like 5-10 a day?
That might work a little bit more right?

i would start with the full 55 and take out and add 5 gallons at a time during the days.

you will get an amonia spike and you need to dilute it the way to do that is not to start with a small volume.

it is hard to put a number on how much you will have to change but it will be 30-40 gallons i would say.